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100 1 a| Whissel, Kristen,d| 1969-e| author.=| ^A788657;

245 10 a| Spectacular digital effects :b| CGI and contemporary cinema /c| Kristen Whissel.;

264 1 a| Durham :b| Duke University Press,c| 2014.;

300 a| x, 213 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm;

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337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-205) and index.;

505 0 a| The new verticality -- The digital multitude as effects emblem -- Vital figures : the life and death of digital creatures -- Protean possibility and algorithmic control : the morph.;

520 a| By developing the concept of the digital effects emblem, Kristen Whissel contributes a new analytic rubric to cinema studies. An effects emblem is a spectacular, computer-generated visual effect that gives stunning expression to a film's key themes. Although they elicit feelings of astonishment and wonder, effects emblems do not interrupt narrative, but are continuous with story and characterization and highlight the narrative stakes of a film. Focusing on spectacular digital visual effects in live-action films made between 1989 and 2011, Whissel identifies and examines four effects emblems: the illusion of gravity-defying vertical movement, massive digital multitudes or swarms, photorealistic digital creatures, and morphing plasmatic figures. Across films such as Avatar, The Matrix, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Jurassic Park, Titanic, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, these effects emblems heighten the narrative drama by contrasting power with powerlessness, life with death, freedom with constraint, and the individual with the collective.;

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Spectacular digital effects : CGI and contemporary cinema / Kristen Whissel.

Author/creator	Whissel, Kristen, 1969- author.
Format	Book
Publication	Durham : Duke University Press, 2014.
Copyright Date	©2014
Description	x, 213 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects	Computer animation. Animation (Cinematography) Cinematography--Special effects.

Contents	The new verticality -- The digital multitude as effects emblem -- Vital figures : the life and death of digital creatures -- Protean possibility and algorithmic control : the morph.
Abstract	By developing the concept of the digital effects emblem, Kristen Whissel contributes a new analytic rubric to cinema studies. An effects emblem is a spectacular, computer-generated visual effect that gives stunning expression to a film's key themes. Although they elicit feelings of astonishment and wonder, effects emblems do not interrupt narrative, but are continuous with story and characterization and highlight the narrative stakes of a film. Focusing on spectacular digital visual effects in live-action films made between 1989 and 2011, Whissel identifies and examines four effects emblems: the illusion of gravity-defying vertical movement, massive digital multitudes or swarms, photorealistic digital creatures, and morphing plasmatic figures. Across films such as Avatar, The Matrix, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Jurassic Park, Titanic, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, these effects emblems heighten the narrative drama by contrasting power with powerlessness, life with death, freedom with constraint, and the individual with the collective.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-205) and index.
LCCN	2013027242
ISBN	9780822355748 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0822355744 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780822355885 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	0822355884 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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